Lín Zhì 林至 (lifedates unrecorded; fl. Chúnxī-era 1174–1189 onward), zì Déjiǔ 德久. Native place either Sōngjiāng 松江 (per the Sìkù tiyao) or Zuìlǐ 檇李 (an old name for Jiāxīng / Sūzhōu, per Chén Zhènsūn’s Shūlù jiětí) — the lower-Yangzi delta region; the discrepancy is left unresolved by the Sìkù editors.
Jìnshì of the Chúnxī era (1174–1189). Held Mìshūshěng zhèngzì 秘書省正字 (Imperial Library Orthographer). Direct disciple of Zhū Xī 朱熹: Zhū Xī’s Wén jí contains a substantial “Reply to Lín Déjiǔ” (Dá Lín Déjiǔ shū 答林德久書).
CBDB id 33342 records him without lifedates. Biographical references at NánSòng guǎngé xùlù 8.9b and 9.26b; Zhūzǐ ménrén 朱子門人 (the disciple-roster) p. 147.
Within the Kanripo corpus he is the author of KR1a0045 Yì bì zhuàn 易裨傳 — a 2-juan critical-corrective treatise on Sòng Yì-numerology, executing the Zhū-school xiàngshù-corrective program in a freestanding format.